2009-09-06 17:41:49

They'll try to restore it to its former glory... probably on Tuesday (Monday is a holiday). As for preventing similar situations in the future... I'm sure they'll put some safeguards in place, just don't know what. Your concern is appreciated!

2009-09-06 18:55:30

That silly DD, I hope I can get rescouted when it comes back up. Interesting thing, the website that egoraptors account was phished on was called nevvgrounds, very brilliantly constructed. I wouldn't suggest going to it, it can sense your password or something like that. Scarrrry shit.

2009-09-06 19:07:00

2009-09-06 19:17:44

I'd suggest that there should be a similar system to the flash portal, where artists have to get a certain amount of votes in one direction after being scouted, and after that, they can't get unscouted, but rather they'd have art that breaks the rules be removed for a certain number of times and then have the artist removed from the portal.

I don't know, it's easy to say "Think of something better" hard to actually do it. Unless that was your point?

There are people that hate/love certain artists (be it art, flash, audio, what have you). Even if their stuff is amazing, people will zero-bomb it, while the fanboys/girls will 5 it even if it sucks. I think they (the admin) were trying this new method in an attempt to squelched that.

It is hard to think of something better, but you never know... someone might say 'hey, what about this?' ...add we'll all go 'ooh!!! never thought of that!!' ...we all see things differently ;)

Ugh! I know... it's unfair! I've talked to a few of the staff/admin about getting you guys back in uniform. Now their inaction has created an even more unfortunate situation... because if you do get remodded, everyone will think it's to cover for Ego (which would NOT be the case at all!!!) And if you don't get remodded, everyone will scream foul that Ego wasn't cut too. Either way, someone's getting a raw deal :(

2009-09-06 20:37:17

Some people consider porn a form of art ...they also consider a pick up truck a luxury vehicle ...a house on wheels a mansion ...and Friday night fish fry at the VFW a gourmet meal at a fine dining establishment. Whaddayagonnado?

2009-09-07 06:27:22

my one real complaint is that when i got unscouted, i became unable to put up new pictures, as my limit was succeeded for someone who wasn't scouted. how are people supposed to see my work and find me and scout me when i can't even put up new pictures to let them find me amongst the many, many pictures? this applies for a lot of other people too >.<

2009-09-07 07:59:05

i hate that there are three completely different systems for portal approval. for the flash portal, it's the blam system. for the audio portal, the mods approve the first submission and all the rest automatically go through. for the art portal, any other user in the art portal can approve you for the portal, then all of your art automatically goes through. the scouting system means that they can descout one person, and suddenly 30 people are descouted. it's too easy for them to do a lot of damage. the audio portal's system would work much better for the art portal and it wouldn't be anywhere near as hard on the mods. it takes much less time to look at a piece of art than to listen to a piece of music. i've never encountered this, but other people have said that there is a limit to the amount of pieces you can submit in one day. that makes spamming impossible. although i like the scouting system because it gives the users more power, i don't like it for that exact reason. if all of the users could be trusted as much as the mods, it would be fine. unfortunately, 90% of newgrounds are immature assholes and trolls.
one last thing, i think mods have way too much power. if one gets hacked, too much damage can be done. when a mod clicks the delete button (or whatever it says), it should be recommended for deletion, temporarily removed, and put on a page that the mods can go to. then it should need a certain number of mod approvals before it is deleted.

Yeah, I dunno why there are 3 different voting systems. I can't speak for audio, but I think the Flash system works fairly well (aside from mass-voting).

As for the Art Portal scouting system... getting descouted just means your stuff isn't in the portal, it stays on your user page, and you can be rescouted. If your stuff is good, that should happen fairly quickly.

One thing I have suggested is the ability for users to accept or decline a scout. At least that way, we'd all have *some* control over our fate. if someone is so eager to get in and accepts any old offer they get... when they get cut, they'll have no one to blame but themselves. It would also strengthen branches because people could wait for someone trustworthy to come along and scout them. Right now it's a free-for-all, and like you said... immature assholes with the slightest amount of power is a recipe for disaster.

You can only scout 2 people a day, and unscouted people can have only 20 pieces on their page... but I honestly don't know if there's a limit to how many pieces you can submit in a day. I'll try to find out ...or were you talking about audio in that case?

When a mod deletes a piece of art, it DOES go into a queue where other mods can say 'yes, delete' or 'no, keep'. Not sure what happened there... guess it's just one more thing for the admin to sort out :(

Everyone needs to remember that the art portal is still relatively new, and there are lots of things left to add/improve. Getting 'constructive' feedback from the users will help it get better quicker, so... your input is appreciated. Thanks.

2009-09-07 13:36:22

What?!
Who says PORN CANNOT BE, by any way, considered ART?
AH! I feel so struck...!
My fight is a useless and lonesome one... *snifffrrll*
Why I EVEN bothered, in the first place?!?!
I am the desmise of the 'grounds...

(Well, anyway, it seems we all have some scouting to do tomorrow, haven't we?)

2009-09-08 19:15:19

OK WHY IS everyone mad at ego??? its not his damn fault he was hacked or w/e by the dd. he was demoded so idk what the fuck your talking about. ok well he is an icon mod meaning he has no powers at all just an aura.
would any of you like to have taken his place? i think not. im not saying in anyway at all that you guys deserved to get demmoded but he wanted the aura or something idk. just leave him alone and move on to more important matters like STAYING ON TOPIC AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ART PORTAL???

anyway if the dd are hacking accounts that they arent just a spam group anymore. this could be dangerous, if they hack an admin or multiple they can control the site and attach viruses links and other harmful things to your computer. what i suggest is a new security system with 3 10-50 digit passwords that way it will take longer to hace by far and you can still save your pass and then it also needs emai adress and one security question then they need to stop showing sign up dates publicly and use that as verification. if they had this system i dont thi- OH YEAH and they have to put down letters in a picture!!! this way a bot cant hack and they will have a zero to none chance of hacking anyone. and as for the login at the top they can just make a scroll bar near the current login screen to put in more information. some info want be needed for login but recovery. the dd should have there ip addresses banned and the voting sys in all porals should be changed. to be cont...

2009-09-10 23:12:43

hmm... seems like there are a few castle crashers, pico's, dad's, alien hominids... haven't seen much stuff for clock or valentines day, halloween, xmas/holiday/new years ...or just pick a character from your favorite ng series and do some fan art.